#FederalCourts have been a major check on #Trump in his second term, as plaintiffs in dozens of cases have gotten judges to block his policies. Bonds were not required in the vast majority of those cases, so if the #House bill provision became #law, #judges would be unable to enforce #contempt orders.
While no judge has issued a contempt order, several federal judges have said Trump admin ofcls appeared to be defying court orders & are at risk of being held in contempt.
#Trump's sweeping tax-cut #bill includes provision to weaken #court powers
The tax-&-spending bill that would enact Trump's policy agenda includes a provision that would weaken the #power of US #judges to enforce #contempt when the #government defies court orders.
The 1-sentence provision in the 1,100-pg bill prevents #FederalCourts, including #SCOTUS, from enforcing contempt orders unless the plaintiffs have posted a monetary bond….
#law #Felon47
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-sweeping-tax-cut-bill-includes-provision-weaken-court-powers-2025-05-30/
https://www.europesays.com/2117076/ Trump Tariffs Blocked by U.S. Court of International Trade #america #CourtOfInternationalTrade #CourtsAndTheJudiciary #Customs(Tariff) #DecisionsAndVerdicts #DonaldJ #FederalCourts(US) #InternationalTradeAndWorldMarket #JusticeDepartment #trump #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews
https://www.europesays.com/2010874/ Inside the Urgent Fight Over the Trump Administration’s New Deportation Effort #AlienEnemiesAct(1798) #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion #deportation #FederalCourts(US) #IllegalImmigration #ImmigrationDetention #JusticeDepartment #SuitsAndLitigation(Civil) #SupremeCourt(US) #Texas #trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #Venezuela
Trump and Musk's strategy to "move fast and break things" in government presents a challenge for the #federalcourts, which are designed to be slow and deliberative. An expert on courts and politics explains the challenges this creates
https://buff.ly/3CGicv8
But in practice, they are also constrained by norms & conventions. Since the early 20th century, for instance, #Congress has not dissolved #FederalCourts whose #judges displease it—which did happen in the more distant past. The idea of #CourtPacking has been considered out of bounds ever since #FDR tried & failed to reshape #SCOTUS in the 1930s by proposing to appoint up to 6 additional justices.
So, an #introduction toot is, I gather, in order. Umm, I'm me. I teach #CivPro and #FederalCourts at Duquesne Kline School of Law in #Pittsburgh. Before that, I was an #appellate attorney at Reed Smith. And before that I was an English Literature professor. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I write about that stuff. I'm also working with students right now to create a Civ Pro game.
